How to Exclude hard disk partitions from Check Disk (chkdsk) tool scanning at startup in Windows Vista?


Check Disk tool is used to locate bad sectors and errors on the hard disk. When you schedule it, it will run at startup next time you start your PC. If its annoying you then you can very well disable this feature.

You can accomplish this in the following way:

1) Open Registry Editor and expand the key branch

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager in the left pane



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2) Now double click the key value BootExecute in the right pane

3) You will find value autocheck autochk * in the Value data text box. This means that every partition of the hard disk is checked for bad sectors and errors.



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4) If you want to exclude C: partition from the chkdsk tool scanning at startup then simply type autocheck autochk /k:C * in the Value data textbox and press OK button

Note: Here you can add more partitions in this way, say you want to exclude D: along with C: then type in the Value data textbox and press OK button



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5) To restore the default state, type autocheck autochk * and press OK button

6) Close Registry Editor